{"id":482,"date":"2011-11-19T08:35:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodwin.drexel.edu\/isensor\/drho\/?p=482"},"modified":"2011-11-19T08:35:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T13:35:24","slug":"researcher-uncovers-cyber-attack-on-illinois-water-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Researcher uncovers cyber attack on Illinois water system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federal investigators are looking into a report that hackers managed to remotely shut down a utility’s water pump in central Illinois last week, in what could be the first known foreign cyber attack on a U.S. industrial system.<\/p>\n

The Nov. 8 incident was described in a one-page report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, according to Joe Weiss, a prominent expert on protecting infrastructure from cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

The attackers obtained access to the network of a water utility in a rural community west of the state capital Springfield with credentials stolen from a company that makes software used to control industrial systems, according to the account obtained by Weiss. It did not explain the motive of the attackers.<\/p>\n

In 2007, researchers at the U.S. government’s Idaho National Laboratories identified a vulnerability in the electric grid, demonstrating how much damage a cyber attack could inflict on a large diesel generator. (To see video that was leaked to CNN: here)<\/p>\n

Lani Kass, who retired in September as senior policy adviser to the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States should take the possibility of a cyber attack seriously.<\/p>\n

“The going in hypothesis is always that it’s just an incident or coincidence. And if every incident is seen in isolation, it’s hard — if not impossible — to discern a pattern or connect the dots,” Kass told Reuters.<\/p>\n

“Failure to connect the dots led us to be surprised on 9\/11,” she said, describing the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacking attacks as a prime example in which authorities dismissed indicators of an impending disaster and were caught unaware.<\/p>\n

From Reuters: http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/11\/19\/cybersecurity-attack-idUSN1E7AH1QU20111119<\/p>\n

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